burzum
Umskiptar 豆瓣
Burzum 类型: 摇滚
发布日期 2012年5月29日 出版发行: Byelobog Productions
Burzum says of the new album: "The "Umskiptar" album is also a return-to-the-roots album for me, with a strong focus on atmosphere and wholeness rather than anything else. The vocals on this one however are more important than on any other album, with a total of 66 stanzas, some of them even repeated a few times, making up the lyrics of the album. The vocals are very important for the special atmosphere and are more important than on any other Burzum album, and more varied too – and as honest as it gets".
Burzum says of the concept of the new album: "The concept of the album is 2Umskiptar" (English = "Metamorphoses"), a deeply rooted European (i.e. Pagan) Stoic concept of changes. This concept was chosen in a world heading for a new Ice Age, and can therefore also be seen as critique of all the popular political movements of our age of lies".
Fallen 豆瓣
Burzum 类型: 流行
发布日期 2011年3月7日 出版发行: Byelobog Productions
封面来自19世纪末法国学院派画家威廉·阿道夫·布格罗(William Adolphe Bouguereau)1899年作品《爱之痛》(Douleur d’amour)
2011年3月Varg Vikernes推出了出狱后的第二张Burzum专辑「Fallen」,距上张作品不到一年的时间,手脚非常的迅速,不过他前四张专作品完成的时间也不过18个月,这样的进度也算是合情合理。姑且不论发片的速度,乐迷更在乎的是音乐内容如何吧。
这次的专辑封面,没有延续先前挪威画家Theodor Kittelsen的作品,撷取了法国画家William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905)在1899年的作品「Douleur d’amour(Elegy)」(英译:grief of love),一个悲伤的女人趴在墓碑上。在这幅全画中,墓碑的下方还有一名坐着哭泣的天使小童,画家William-Adolphe Bouguereau因早夭的孩子感到痛苦,而这一幅极其哀伤的景象正反映出他的悲恸。Varg Vikernes认为这幅画很符合这张专辑的概念,因而使用作为封面。
「Fallen」的内容是一个关於穿越黑暗(死亡?)进入内心深层,然後回到光明的一段旅程,和以往的概念类似,不过以更个人化的角度去探讨存在的议题,关於死亡与神,歌词之中的描写亦非常具有异教精神的意涵。
Varg Vikernes提到前作「Belus」,因为由制作传统金属乐录音师操刀,失去他原先预期的力道。因此他告诉新的录音师这张专辑的录制方式,不采用以往的录制方式,希望以古典乐的方式去录制,以达成他的预期效果。这样的录音方式,让音乐充满着冲击感,在听者和音乐间的摩擦,让聆听时有很强烈的共振感。每一个乐器,包含人声都富含能量,就像交响乐团演出时,各司其职,层次分明且井然有序。这样的录音,和原先的录制方式有很大的不同,不以各个乐器的声响堆叠出音墙,营造出一种朦胧的氛围;这样的录制方式,产生的结果是,就像井然有序的归放於书柜内的书本,专辑中每个乐器的声音都可以个别独立在歌曲中。
在上一张作品中,Varg Vikernes就以不同以往的歌唱方式-吟唱,让许多人感到讶异。而这张新作,加入更多的吟唱,不管是吟诗的方式,或是作为和声,在歌曲中有相当吃重的演出。同样在上张专辑表现亮眼的Bass声线,在新作中也和Varg的吟唱起了很大的作用,无论是歌曲「Jeg Faller (I Am Falling)」或是「Valen(Fallen)」中,在Bass声的律动感中,吟唱出的歌词彷如颂诗般的典雅,则是我个人非常推崇的部分。而招牌麻而尖锐的吉他主旋律,俯拾即是那砂砾般颗粒的音色,呈现在专辑中,扮演非常重要的角色,而且在这样的录音下更显的异常清晰。只是这样清晰却又各自独立的声音,让原先听惯巨大朦胧音墙的我,也感到有些不知所措,似乎还需要一些时间去体会个中滋味吧。
正如Varg所言,Fallen确实不同於原先的作品,非常实验性的录制风格,呈现出具经典专辑「Burzum」和「Det som engang var」风格的曲式,却又具备不同味道的作品。而11月底要推出这两张作品老歌新录合辑的风貌,推估或许就是这个样子,至於孰优孰劣到时再评判吧。(by eruption)
Belus 豆瓣
Burzum
发布日期 2010年3月8日 出版发行: Byelobog Productions
All songs written and composed by Varg Vikernes.
以下文字来自Burzum官网:
The Return of Burzum
It's been 11 long years and now the world will see the return of Burzum. The highly anticipated new album is entitled "Belus" after the name of the ancient European solar deity of light and innocence. "Belus" is not a religious album or an anti-religious album, nor is it a political one, but an attempt to explore the myths about Belus and unveil the oldest roots of our cultural heritage. The album deals with the death of Belus, his sombre journey through the realm of death and his magnificent return. In essence the album and the story of Belus is meant to be an entertaining story about something that once upon a time played a major role in the forming and shaping of Europe.
"The album has been made according to my heart and spirit, and not to fit into any particular genre or category, or to live up to anyone's obvious expectations". The music can best be compared to the music of some of the old Burzum albums; in particular the ground breaking "Hvis Lyset Tar Oss" and the atmospheric brilliances of "Filosofem", only the ambient parts present on these albums has been almost completely left out on "Belus". "There is no special reason for this, other than coincidence and the fact that I have for some time made more and better music on the guitar rather than on the keyboard".
"Inspiration for the album has come from a variety of sources, and I find my inspiration from fairy tales and myths, from classical music, from memories of what once was, from traditional music, from fantasy, from the wind and weather, from deep forests and running water, from the sky and the sunset, from misty mountains and from yellow leaves falling from age old trees".
"My ambition with "Belus" is to create something I - and hopefully others too - can listen to for years and years to come without ever growing tired of it, and at the same time to share with my audience the experience of getting to know Belus, as he might have been perceived by the ancient Europeans". The combination of lyrics and music makes this a fairy tale different from most others, and should appeal to all those who like transcendental music and love to see different things from a different perspective. "If I can make you dream when listening to this album, I believe I have done a good job".
"I am aware of the black metal association with the name Burzum, and I have no real and serious problem with that, but I personally see no reason to place "Belus" in any category. I think "Belus" musically transcends all existing categories, but if I have to choose one - and for the sake of simplicity - I will simply place it in the metal category".
"Belus" will be released worldwide on Byelobog Productions on the 8th March 2010.
December 2009
Hliðskjálf 豆瓣
7.6 (5 个评分) Burzum
发布日期 1999年1月1日 出版发行: Misanthropy Records
Daudi Baldrs 豆瓣
8.4 (15 个评分) Burzum
发布日期 2004年3月9日 出版发行: Dead Ringer
1997 album for the now defunct Norwegian metal act. Misanthropy Records. Digipak.
Filosofem 豆瓣
9.3 (21 个评分) Burzum 类型: 摇滚
发布日期 1997年1月1日 出版发行: Misanthropy
1996 album for the now defunct Norwegian metal act. Six tracks. Misanthropy Records. Digipak.
Hvis Lyset Tar Oss 豆瓣
8.8 (15 个评分) Burzum 类型: 摇滚
发布日期 1994年1月1日 出版发行: Phantom Sound & Vision
1993 album for the Norwegian metal act. Four tracks. Misanthropy. Digipak.
Det Som Engang Var 豆瓣
8.4 (9 个评分) Burzum
发布日期 1993年1月1日 出版发行: MSI:MISANTHROP
1992 album for the Norwegian metal act. Eight tracks.Misanthropy Records. Digipak.
Aske 豆瓣
Burzum
发布日期 1993年3月10日 出版发行: Deathlike Silence Productions
Long out of print.
Limited to 1000 units.
Burzum 豆瓣
8.7 (6 个评分) Burzum 类型: 摇滚
发布日期 1992年3月1日 出版发行: Deathlike Silence Productions
Recorded Mid-Winter 1992 during Full Moon at Grieghallen
Engineered and Mastered by Pytten
Produced by Pytten and Count Grishnackh
Co-Producer Euronymous
First four songs are "Side Hate" and the last five "Side Winter."
When this album was released, Euronymous (owner of Deathlike Silence Records)
changed the name of "Ea, Lord Of The Depths" to "Ea, Lord Of The Deeps." It was
later changed to the intended title on the later remaster.
Long out of print.
Euronymous (originally Destructor, born 貀stein Aarseth) (ex-L.E.G.O.,
ex-Checker Patrol, ex-Flowers in the Dustbin, ex-Horn (Nor), Mayhem (Nor)) plays
a solo on the song "War" and plays the gong on "Dungeons Of Darkness".
The first pressing is rumoured to be limited to 300 copies. The CD was released
in two versions, the original one with the Burzum-address on the back, and one
in late 1992 / early 1993 with the Voices of Wonder-address on the back.